Where to go:You NEED to visit the Cenotes. Definition by Google: a natural underground reservoir of water. There are some secret Cenotes that you’ll need to ask the locals to help and guide your way. They’re beautiful underground pools, where you can dive for 3 metres – if you’re brave (as in not me). And they’re full of little friends called bats. Yep.

When in Mexico, if you miss checking Chichén-Itzá out it equals to going to London and not seeing Big Ben (or going to Rome and not seeing the Pope). It’s so beautiful, we took a day trip there to explore all the Mayan Ruins in there.

Where to eat:You reaaaaaally have to go to Parrillada Tulum (I suggest all vegans to close this blog post in 3…2…1…) I swear on my life that you can’t imagine the smoothness of these meats! Simply divine.

In regards food, it’s all around the same, spicy sauces, nachos, guacamole….

Where to sleep:We decided to stay in Casa Santiago, a little residence, with just a few rooms in a very quiet area of Tulum. The silence there was magical ❤
The swimming pool is medium, but enough for the amount of rooms.
The highlight of this place for me was the breakfast with homemade cakes, baked by the owner of the hotel! Yum!

Flight back home:Despite of being Air France staff at the time, I’ve never been particularly treated in this airline, with the exception when I was on duty.
The service is average, the food…meh, it wasn’t cool. – I bet that this being our return journey from such a wonderful place could have played its part, but we were not treated with the same care and attention as we got from Virgin Atlantic.

Top tips:
– Make sure you have your valid Driving License to hand or they’ll refuse to rent you a motorcycle. We’ve rented a car and it was just fine to check out the coolest Cenotes (as I bet you can tell);
– I’ve said before but I will say a thousand times more if that’s what it will get you to see all the Cenotes you can! You can’t miss them!

It has been a while since we’ve been to Mexico. It was for my 27th birthday, on January last year. Is never late to reminisce about the good times.
We’ve visited two towns of the Riviera Maya, which I’m about to give you a little taste, but I highly recommend you visit them – they are absolutely breath taking!
Brace yourselves 🙂

Flight out:
We flew to Cancún on a direct flight from London with Virgin Atlantic, who were very lovely and upgraded us to Premium Economy – it may have helped that I was staff (sorry!) and that it was my birthday the day after. The trip was amazing, food and drinks on board were on fleek and the service was spotless!

Where to go:
The highlight of our Playa del Carmen tour was without a doubt the our trip to Cozumel.Cozumel is a beautiful and small island 45-min away from Playa del Carmen port, and we’ve spent the day in there. Mainly snorkelling around the coral reef and driving a scooter around the island.

Where to eat:
After getting around Cozumel, we’ve stopped in Coconuts Grill and Bar, where I had this amazing fresh fish and he had seafood. But I mean, even if we were served no lunch… look at this view!

Our best meal during the whole trip was in Alux (in Playa del Carmen), a magnificent and massive restaurant inside a cave. Yep you heard me. They also have their own Cenote inside (will speak about them in my next post regarding Mexico). The food was five stars and their wine cave, where you pick what you would like to drink is superb. A nice treat during our holiday.

Where to sleep:
We’ve stayed in Luna Blue Hotel, very close to the Quinta Avenida (the main avenue in Playa del Carmen, with a similarity to the 5th Avenue). This Caribbean-style boutique hotel, has it’s own little trees, creating a super intimate and nature vibe. The bar serves the best margaritas – be careful, or once you know you’re dancing with the mariachis. And we got upgraded to a suite, with our own hammock in a cozy balcony. Couldn’t recommend more.

Top tips:
– Even if you don’t stay in this hotel, you got to go to the bar and try the Margaritas. They are the best and the atmosphere in the bar is brilliant;
– Have as many Ceviches as you can, I guarantee you’re going to miss it;
– Enjoy the guacamole and nachos, they come with every greeting when you arrive to ANY restaurant.

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Hello!
We’ve been invited to one of the most amazing weddings I’ve ever been to. The scenario was marvellous and you can’t hear a fly. This views could make you feel like you’re stopped in time.
Unfortunately we didn’t stay long, only enjoying this paradise for 4 days.
Me, the boy and my friends rented this lovely flat on Airbnb* in Mosciano Sant’Angelo, that had a swimming pool! You can’t say no to after a day of indulging yourself in the italian cuisine, is not a wonderful feeling to have a swimming pool (almost) exclusively ours.
It was the most peaceful place I’ve ever been in my life after New Delhi. Life happens very calmly and everyone is super nice – practise your italian as this may prove difficult when in Pescara.
The only restaurant I can fully recommend is Pizzeria Ristorante Caravelle, located in Sant’Egidio alla Vibrata, a town in Abruzzo (eastern Italy). I mean, you dine in a plane… and then you actually go to a restaurant that is an airplane. What da…
See for yourself, I’ll leave some photos below 🙂 – and you can always check my Instagram.
The bride was absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations Fanny & Marco, it was a pleasure.

*Use my airbnb discount code that will give you £30 off your first trip 🙂 (reserved to the first user only). Let me know your experiences with airbnb.

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I’ve been waiting for inspiration to come back but I may have left it in Mexico.Every time I think about the holidays and the feeling that I got about being there, it just brings me back. Only my body stays here. But it was simply too beautiful, pure and adventurous to put it in words.There were sunshines, sunburns, THE-MOST-AMAZING-FOOD-EVA, too much alcohol, warm water and the fabulous hot weather. Oh and I came back with 27 years old (best birthday ever!).All of this to say that it was all too good to write about so I’ll leave you with some pictures below 🙂 When my holiday blues go away, I will surely be reviewing both cities we stayed in and some of the places we got to know.

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6 sleeps to Mexico! I cannot wait, literally. This wait is killing me.

Since Christmas, today is my second day off…and I am completely knackered. I am in (deep) need of a holiday.

I would like to ask if any of you have tips about Tulum and Playa del Carmen, in Mexico. These will be the 2 destinations we are visiting next week.
Thank you very much for all the previous suggestions 🙂 you are awesome.

If you follow me on instagram I would like to apologise in advance, you shall approach with caution, otherwise I’m afraid the content may cause jealously.

For now, we are looking into travel guides, looking for tips about the locations, downloading maps and searching for places to visit, etc.